Atalaia.
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower:
Meaning & usage
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower: a parish of Pinhel, Guarda district, Portugal;
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower: a parish of Lourinhã, Lisbon district, Portugal;
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower: a parish of Gavião, Portalegre district, Portugal;
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower: a parish of Vila Nova da Barquinha, Santarém district, Portugal;
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower: a parish of Montijo, Setúbal district, Portugal
a toponym, indicating a high place: a municipality of Alagoas, Brazil
a toponym, indicating a high place: a municipality of Paraná, Brazil
Where this word comes from
From atalaia (“watchtower”), from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa). Some Brazilians toponyms come from the Brazilian Portuguese sense of highest peak in a mountain chain. Cognate with Galician Atalaia.
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